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Spending by county and region

Where the spenders are seated, how much that comes to per person, and where the work is done.

2018–2026, all years · CPV 380

The county is the one of the authority's seat, so Bucharest also gathers the spending of ministries and national companies. Spending per person and place of performance show what lies beyond the seat.

Map of public spending by county Political map of Romania showing its 41 counties and the municipality of Bucharest, shaded by reported public spending. ALBA — 7.78 Mn. ARAD — 3.02 Mn. ARGEȘ — 2.07 Mn. BACĂU — 7.46 Mn. BIHOR — 21.58 Mn. BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD — 4.40 Mn. BOTOȘANI — 2.53 Mn. BRĂILA — 2.15 Mn. BRAȘOV — 10.82 Mn. BUCUREȘTI — 227.40 Mn. BUZĂU — 10.83 Mn. CĂLĂRAȘI — 965,967 RON CARAȘ-SEVERIN — 376,830 RON CLUJ — 70.64 Mn. CONSTANȚA — 15.11 Mn. COVASNA — 1.43 Mn. DÂMBOVIȚA — 3.12 Mn. DOLJ — 22.53 Mn. GALAȚI — 3.64 Mn. GIURGIU — 2.82 Mn. GORJ — 1.78 Mn. HARGHITA — 12.15 Mn. HUNEDOARA — 3.63 Mn. IALOMIȚA — 1.86 Mn. IAȘI — 34.19 Mn. ILFOV — 26.86 Mn. MARAMUREȘ — 3.94 Mn. MEHEDINȚI — 2.89 Mn. MUREȘ — 18.50 Mn. NEAMȚ — 5.95 Mn. OLT — 3.97 Mn. PRAHOVA — 7.63 Mn. SĂLAJ — 1.86 Mn. SATU MARE — 2.70 Mn. SIBIU — 6.28 Mn. SUCEAVA — 5.23 Mn. TELEORMAN — 855,341 RON TIMIȘ — 42.02 Mn. TULCEA — 947,391 RON VÂLCEA — 2.11 Mn. VASLUI — 1.32 Mn. VRANCEA — 604,683 RON
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By development region

NUTS 2 regions are the sum of their counties.

  • The period is not over: the data runs to September 2026, and the figures will grow with the next update.
  • 2018 is incomplete: direct purchases appear in the data only from April.
  • Late December 2023 is missing from the data (29–31 December and part of 22 December).

How it is computed

County
The county is the one of the authority's seat, from the trade register. That is why Bucharest looks so large: ministries and national companies, which buy for the whole country, are seated there.
Population
Spend per person divides the amount by the resident population on 1 January of the chosen year. Over all years the amount is cumulative and divided by the latest year's population.
Development regions
The eight NUTS 2 regions are the sum of their counties.
Place of performance
Each tender lot has a place of performance. The table compares the money spent by the authorities seated in a county with the money for work performed there; money declared at regional or national level has no county and is counted separately.

Every county

County Region Population Direct purchases Offline purchases Tenders Total Lei per person Share
BUCUREȘTI Bucharest-Ilfov 1,713,832 18,549,920 1,197,314 207,654,350 227,401,584 133 37.4%
CLUJ North-West 701,564 6,580,008 888,258 63,175,608 70,643,874 101 11.6%
TIMIȘ West 672,972 3,488,961 119,000 38,410,092 42,018,053 62 6.9%
IAȘI North-East 781,948 8,116,239 299,980 25,772,166 34,188,385 44 5.6%
ILFOV Bucharest-Ilfov 619,461 6,863,605 360,070 19,631,385 26,855,060 43 4.4%
DOLJ South-West Oltenia 594,523 2,603,466 91,863 19,831,116 22,526,445 38 3.7%
BIHOR North-West 558,623 948,297 152,030 20,481,139 21,581,466 39 3.6%
MUREȘ Centre 519,813 2,113,986 37,014 16,347,103 18,498,103 36 3.0%
CONSTANȚA South-East 656,512 3,567,882 422,056 11,119,727 15,109,665 23 2.5%
HARGHITA Centre 292,267 1,935,856 294,680 9,916,372 12,146,908 42 2.0%
BUZĂU South-East 393,136 2,438,747 — 8,393,581 10,832,328 28 1.8%
BRAȘOV Centre 564,632 2,175,771 — 8,641,084 10,816,855 19 1.8%
ALBA Centre 324,901 1,006,328 203,796 6,569,320 7,779,444 24 1.3%
PRAHOVA South-Muntenia 683,460 1,976,992 330 5,653,281 7,630,603 11 1.3%
BACĂU North-East 590,169 1,616,743 — 5,845,386 7,462,129 13 1.2%
SIBIU Centre 396,679 1,204,816 153,928 4,924,037 6,282,781 16 1.0%
NEAMȚ North-East 444,666 541,839 2,125 5,403,706 5,947,670 13 1.0%
SUCEAVA North-East 648,164 3,424,795 — 1,809,283 5,234,078 8 0.9%
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD North-West 298,129 1,302,877 130,111 2,970,155 4,403,143 15 0.7%
OLT South-West Oltenia 372,181 261,860 — 3,708,143 3,970,003 11 0.7%
MARAMUREȘ North-West 451,086 1,759,732 85,698 2,096,559 3,941,989 9 0.7%
GALAȚI South-East 486,387 1,218,360 43,907 2,379,289 3,641,556 7 0.6%
HUNEDOARA West 349,011 794,788 110,366 2,725,098 3,630,252 10 0.6%
DÂMBOVIȚA South-Muntenia 475,812 1,562,106 17,385 1,541,611 3,121,102 7 0.5%
ARAD West 410,058 1,011,327 — 2,011,927 3,023,254 7 0.5%
MEHEDINȚI South-West Oltenia 226,429 460,605 3,629 2,422,566 2,886,800 13 0.5%
GIURGIU South-Muntenia 258,793 198,712 7 2,620,759 2,819,478 11 0.5%
SATU MARE North-West 330,046 648,402 15,434 2,036,358 2,700,194 8 0.4%
BOTOȘANI North-East 386,529 1,584,061 10,000 938,166 2,532,227 7 0.4%
BRĂILA South-East 269,804 1,145,984 — 1,008,150 2,154,134 8 0.4%
VÂLCEA South-West Oltenia 337,988 1,192,720 45,619 866,848 2,105,187 6 0.4%
ARGEȘ South-Muntenia 561,864 1,457,197 165,032 442,998 2,065,227 4 0.3%
IALOMIȚA South-Muntenia 247,409 725,078 48,094 1,087,066 1,860,238 8 0.3%
SĂLAJ North-West 210,335 752,253 — 1,106,167 1,858,420 9 0.3%
GORJ South-West Oltenia 306,938 678,908 225,132 876,636 1,780,676 6 0.3%
COVASNA Centre 199,596 613,776 — 819,340 1,433,116 7 0.2%
VASLUI North-East 363,247 655,402 744 664,451 1,320,597 4 0.2%
CĂLĂRAȘI South-Muntenia 277,347 701,689 — 264,278 965,967 3 0.2%
TULCEA South-East 186,131 857,002 — 90,389 947,391 5 0.2%
TELEORMAN South-Muntenia 308,440 406,690 — 448,651 855,341 3 0.1%
VRANCEA South-East 330,157 484,244 2,645 117,794 604,683 2 0.1%
CARAȘ-SEVERIN West 240,283 303,344 — 73,486 376,830 2 0.1%

Per person: all years added up, against the resident population on 1 January 2026.

Stream amounts lead to the purchases they were added up from. Direct purchases and offline purchases give the exact amount. For tenders, the notices of the period open, by main CPV code: the amount in the table is the contracts', dated at signature and split across lots.

County
The county of the authority's seat. The name opens the county's largest authorities.
Region
The development region (NUTS 2) the county belongs to.
Population
Resident population on 1 January.
Direct purchases
Direct purchases from the electronic catalogue.
Offline purchases
Offline purchases: direct purchases made outside the catalogue.
Tenders
Tender contracts.
Total
The three streams added up: all the county's authorities spent.
Lei per person
The total divided by the population. The only column that compares counties of different size.
Share
The county's part of the national total for the chosen filters.

Where it is spent and where it is performed: tenders

Tender money, once by the seat of the authority that spent it and once by the county where the lot is performed. A positive difference means more is performed in the county than its authorities spend.

County Spent by the county's authorities Performed in the county Difference
BUCUREȘTI 207,654,357 193,521,881 −14,132,476
CLUJ 63,175,609 59,126,955 −4,048,654
TIMIȘ 38,410,092 42,844,369 +4,434,277
IAȘI 25,772,166 24,979,817 −792,349
MUREȘ 16,347,103 20,655,974 +4,308,871
BIHOR 20,481,139 20,481,139 0
DOLJ 19,831,116 20,009,290 +178,174
ILFOV 19,631,384 13,779,542 −5,851,842
CONSTANȚA 11,119,727 11,119,727 0
HARGHITA 9,916,371 9,916,371 0
BRAȘOV 8,641,083 9,649,233 +1,008,150
BUZĂU 8,393,581 8,393,581 0
PRAHOVA 5,653,281 6,796,766 +1,143,485
ALBA 6,569,320 6,569,320 0
BACĂU 5,845,386 5,645,366 −200,020
NEAMȚ 5,403,706 5,573,909 +170,203
TULCEA 90,389 5,209,428 +5,119,039
SIBIU 4,924,037 4,924,037 0
OLT 3,708,142 3,708,142 0
BISTRIȚA-NĂSĂUD 2,970,155 3,254,251 +284,096
GIURGIU 2,620,759 3,194,896 +574,137
HUNEDOARA 2,725,098 2,771,437 +46,339
MEHEDINȚI 2,422,566 2,422,566 0
GALAȚI 2,379,289 2,379,289 0
MARAMUREȘ 2,096,559 2,096,559 0
SATU MARE 2,036,357 2,036,357 0
ARAD 2,011,927 2,011,927 0
SUCEAVA 1,809,283 1,852,983 +43,700
DÂMBOVIȚA 1,541,612 1,495,273 −46,339
BOTOȘANI 938,167 1,155,856 +217,689
SĂLAJ 1,106,167 1,106,167 0
IALOMIȚA 1,087,066 969,272 −117,794
COVASNA 819,340 819,340 0
GORJ 876,635 814,861 −61,774
VASLUI 664,451 707,510 +43,059
VÂLCEA 866,848 677,447 −189,401
TELEORMAN 448,651 448,651 0
ARGEȘ 442,998 442,998 0
VRANCEA 117,794 437,483 +319,689
CĂLĂRAȘI 264,278 264,278 0
CARAȘ-SEVERIN 73,486 73,486 0
BRĂILA 1,008,150 0 −1,008,150

Another 8.56 Mn. (1.7% of tender money) are declared at regional or national level or abroad, and have no county.

  • The period is not over: the data runs to September 2026, and the figures will grow with the next update.
  • 2018 is incomplete: direct purchases appear in the data only from April.
  • Late December 2023 is missing from the data (29–31 December and part of 22 December).
Spent by the county's authorities
Tender money spent by the authorities seated in the county, wherever the lot is performed.
Performed in the county
Tender money for lots performed in the county, whoever bought them. Money declared at regional or national level has no county and is counted separately, under the table.
Difference
Performed minus spent. Positive: more is performed in the county than its authorities spend, usually through national investment. Negative: its authorities buy work performed elsewhere.

The same data, through the API

Every figure on this page comes from the public API, through the endpoints below. The parameters each one takes are in the documentation; each needs an access key.

  • /api/v1/stats/dimensions
  • /api/v1/stats/periods
  • /api/v1/stats/breakdown
  • /api/v1/stats/lots

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